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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ar exit code?
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Date: Tue,  9 Mar 2004 13:32:04 +0100
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> If ar is to create a new archive, but failed because of duplicate symbols,
> it exists with success; mk continues and it is hard to notice untill too
> late.
> 
> Is it as it was intended?

mk differs from make in that the whole block of commands
is sent to rc, rather than forking a shell for each command.

that might be the problem.